Kent says on 26/Jun/08
Paul, I disagree. In that photo they are wearing different footwear and Lennon is wearing a hat. I'd say a better opportunity would be to compare their heights during the Beatlemania era, when they all wore the exact same outfits and Beatle boots. In those photo shoots, Lennon appears a tad taller than McCartney. Harrison appears to be about one inch shorter, and then Ringo about 2 inches shorter than Harrison.

Paul, Liverpool says on 3/Jun/08
George and Paul were roughly the same height, give or take 0.5inch, at around 5ft 9/10inch. John was 5ft8inch and Ringo, by far the smallest Beatle is 5ft 6 (all those years crouched at the drums, seemed bigger with Rory Storm's group). Met McCartney in Town a week or so ago (well followed him into lewis')and he was a bit smaller than me and i'm 5ft11. Tiny Details really. Check on of their last pics (for Hey Jude single), outside Ringo's house infront of the door. The line up. It's the best possible indication.

mcfan says on 29/May/08
Rated,

Right. Harrison was the shortest of the three. I'm saying he was only about a half-inch shorter than Lennon/McCartney. I think he was only 5'9.5 barefoot as you said. But McCartney with an inch and a half on George...you would see much more of a difference than we see from the photographs. Keep in mind George and especially John had bad posture. Paul seems to always stand straight and be closest to the camera...especially in concert footage since the cameras were usually on him. I just saw Paul on Johnny Carson (1984 - 41 years old). He was the same height as Johnny and I know Johnny was only 5'10. Keep in mind Johnny was 60 y/o during the interview.

rated says on 22/May/08
that's impossible! because harrison was considerated the shorter of the beatles

mcfan says on 6/May/08
Viper,

No way. I would say about a half-inch separated the three.

Viper says on 6/May/08
Maybe their heights were:

George - 5-9 1/2
Lennon - 5-10 1/2
Macca - 5-11
Ringo - 5-6

Kent says on 5/May/08
I need to go check all my photos of The Beatles now, but I could swear that Lennon always appeared (to me) a tad taller than McCartney when they were standing together. Someone earlier said Lennon liked to wear prominently heeled shoes or boots. This could be the only explanation that I can think of, otherwise I would bet Lennon had a half inch on Macca.

Chris says on 3/Apr/08
George and Dylan, hard to say height but in the end of the clip maybe George was 6-7 cm taller, he didn´t have that great posture.Click Here

Clint says on 8/Mar/08
I met Paul and Linda in New Orleans in 1979.I'm 5'10".I stood toe to toe with McCartney,both of us in sneakers,and he was maybe a half inch taller than me.George was obviously a tad shorter.So,I'd say in their younger days McCartney was 5.10.75,maybe 5'11"? This would put George about 5'10",with Lennon just a bit taller than George,yet,a fraction shorter than Paul.

Mark says on 28/Feb/08
Harrison was definately the 3rd shortest Beatle. There was a photo of him and Lennon wearing similar attire and standing back to back with Lennon clearly being the taller. I think Harrison was more like 5'9.

Anonymous says on 8/Feb/08
no way Bryan, if you have seen "A Hard Day's Night" then you would know that Harrison is shorter than Lennon and McCartney but taller than Starr.

mcfan says on 22/Jan/08
Right on, Anonymous, with the sequences but that's probably about a half-inch too much for all four of the Beatles. Wasn't Giuliani taller than McCartney when he visited NYC? I think he's about 5'10 at the most and that might be stretching it a bit.

Viper says on 21/Dec/07
Isnt there a photo where George looks the tallest? Its the one where they are pictured in front of that castle, when Lennon was looking like Jesus.

Anonymous says on 20/Dec/07
In the "Your Mother Should Know" part of the Magical Mystery Tour video, all of the Beatles are in line wearing the same footwear.

Lennon- 5'11"
McCartney- 5'11"
Harrison- 5'10.5"
Starr- 5'7"

glenn says on 28/Sep/07
5-9 was my initial height for george harrison.however in the couple of rare pics he posed for with people i know,he looked at least 5-10.and no way is mccartney smaller than 5-11 and was clearly the tallest in the band.

Russ says on 27/Sep/07
I work with a guy who used to work as a "parking lot valet" in Los Angeles back in the 80's. He once opened the car door for George. He said that Harrison was around 5'9" or maybe 5 feet 9 1/2 at the most. He stood right next to George (who was wearing tennis shoes/loafers). At that time, George Harrison was probably in his early 40's.

glenn says on 21/Sep/07
sure patty.dont you have better things to do than to post here?

pattie says on 19/Sep/07
don't you all have better things to do than discuss my ex-husband's height?

mcfan says on 4/Sep/07
There's a great book out with photos of the three I had never seen before. There's a very clear picture of Lennon and Harrison side by side on the street taken in late '67. It gives the same appearance as "Your Mother Should Know" video does of Harrison being shorter than Lennon by a half-inch. One thing for sure, Paul's shoulders were higher than the other two but had a shorter neck and that can give the appearance of someone taller. It's interesting that some people put the Beatles at 5'11 while some say they were 5'9. Lennon was the biggest (160lbs) of the fab four in the early days but he was in normal shape while Paul and George were only 140lbs. That's pretty scrawny for guys at 5'9.5 and 5'10.

glenn says on 19/Aug/07
lennon was 5-10.paul is 5-11.george was 5-10,5-9 later on .and ringo was 5-6ish.now 5-5.

Dries says on 18/Aug/07
Bryan is completely right. Lennon 5'9", Harrison 5'10, Macca 5'11".

guy says on 11/Jul/07
I think the three non-drumming Beatles were about 5-11. Of them Macca may have been the only legit through a doctors measurement. The other two at least 5-10.5 to 5-11. The difference being so imperceptable that at certain times they could all appear the same height or one could appear taller in shuffling order. Lennon always seemed the biggest in the beginning. All in all the differences amount to less than an inch and probably less than .5 inches.

Bryan says on 8/Jul/07
I've looked at countless pics and videos through the years of The Beatles from '64-'66 and what I've concluded is that McCartney was about 3/4 of an inch taller than Lennon and Harrison was somehwere in between them, taller than Lennon but shorter than McCartney.

Jennifer says on 21/Feb/07
A female fan described (on a Beatles forum) having met John, Paul and George in the mid-60's. She said she was 5 foot 8 at the time (and 14 years old), and she remembers all three of them being taller than her. She didn't say how much taller, but they were above 5 foot 8.

rick mendonça says on 16/Jan/07
i´m think that he´s 176cm, maybe 177cm in his youth

mcfan says on 21/Dec/06
jd, I say Lennon and Harrison were the same height...Lennon was probably 1/4 inch taller so, yes, virtually the same height. All three Beatles were roughly the same height. Macca had a half-inch on Harrison. There's a photo with George and Paul like the one below where George is just taller than Paul, but he's wearing cuban heels and Paul isn't.

jd says on 16/Dec/06
McFan says that harrison doesnt look like lennons height, know why?. Because John is wearing 1"1/2 shoes. But it appears that george is wearing normal shoes.

Dries says on 11/Nov/06
Saw him on a 1975 pic with Mick Jagger. He was slightly taller, wearing sneakers!!

Monteray Jack says on 26/Sep/06
It is pretty startling, though 5'11 ia by no means "tall", that the beatles are as tall as they are. Proportionally, their heads make them look short.

A Teenaged Beatlemaniac says on 23/Sep/06
Once and for all I do not think ANY of the Beatles were six feet...unless they were wearing heeled boots. George was about the same height as John and Paul (about 5'11") if not shorter.

CelebHeights Editor says on 10/Apr/06
Patti Boyd (Harrison and Clapton wife) said in 1965 she was "5ft 7".

mcfan says on 19/Mar/06
I looked at that photo again I submitted March 17. It looks like the reason Lennon is at least an inch taller than Harrison is because of his heels. Harrison is only wearing normal shoes it looks like. I think they were within .25 of each other, not an inch apart.

MHouillon says on 18/Mar/06
Harrison was 5'10 in his prime, but 5'9.5 then.

Chris says on 7/Mar/06
He is hard to pin down. I´d say he was about 5'11'' in his prime and then maybe 5'10½''.

Rut says on 6/Mar/06
Maybe 179..?